Feud claims fifth victim after man shot dead

A DEADLY gang feud in Dublin’s north inner city claimed its fifth life yesterday when a man was gunned down on a street in broad daylight.

Stephen “Madser” Byrne, 32, is thought to have been related to two other men who have been murdered as part of the vicious feud. Gardaí suspect Stephen Byrne was killed in a revenge attack for another murder.

It’s not the first tragedy to hit Stephen Byrne’s family. His brother, David Byrne, 26, was fatally assaulted in Mountjoy Prison in June 2009 in a non-feud related attack. It brings to 18 the number of fatal shootings this year, up to 14 of which are considered by gardaí to be gangland murders.